The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-14
LABOR TRoUBLEs.
The Great New York Strike at an
End.
The 'Longshoremen Quietly Return
ing to Their Work.

New YORK, Feb. p. Following the dec
laration of district assembly 40 that the great
New York strike was off there was great
rush of l0ngshoremen and freight handlers
to get back to work at some of the piers
along East river. The strikers had not even
waited for the orders from headquarters, but
had crept back to work on the best terms
they could make.
As early as o'clock this morning gangs OF
strikers were seen around the piers waiting
to catch foremen and superintendants as
they came to their respective piers. In other
cases the strikers slip on TO the docks among
non union mer. or over bnlkheads or through
the side entrance.
At the Maine steamship piers Agent Hall
said he had all the old bands back and 25
outsiders were there also, whom he could not
hnd employment for. At the Clyde Mallory
and Ward piers also many Of the old hands
had found their way back, but in no instance
were they recognized as unionists. By Mon
day it is expected shat the business Of the
steamship company will proceed as evenly
as before the strike.
AT a conference Of delegates to district as
sembly 40 held to-day it was reported that
the longshoremen's unions viii withdraw
from 40. The men are much dissatisfied
with two or three men who, it Is claimed,
want to run the lOngshOremen, and the latter
intend to become independent of the district
assembly to which they are attached. A tel
egram was received by j. p. Maxwell from
with coal men would be fully carried out by
his side, and that the men were expected to
keep their part of the contract. No other
agreement would be entered into.
The strike in Brooklyn is regarded as vir-
tually ended. Coal cart drivers are return
ing to work, and longshoremen are wearying
of idleness. Shipping agents, too. are weary
OF the green hands whom they have been
compelled to employ. In the twelfth ward,
which has suffered most from the strike,
people who live from hand to mouth are
many of them in very sore straits. Trades
men have given all the credit they can afford.
1t is almost impossible to collect rents and
suffering has been great
AT Ocean Association headquarters to-day
one of the executive committee stated that
the end of the strike would not end the boy
colt of the Old Dominion line. The n en- who
turned out with the strikers on this pier who
did not belong to the union will be assisted
with money until they get employment,
More strikers went to work on steamship
piers this afternoon. Officers of lsngshore-
mems unions state that nearly all their men
will be at work on Monday. The movement
OF freight continues to improve.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Feb. 13.-The Penn
sylvania railroad company has decided in
anticipation of the return of striking freight
handlers, To retain the best of the nOn-uniOn
men and have chosen 80 who have been put
on the regular pay rolls. Gallagher, an
officer detailed for duty at the Red Star Dock
was today assaulted by strikers at the cor
ner of Hudson and Essex streets. One Of
the men struck him with brick which it is
feared fractured his skull. Gallagher was
removed to the hospital.